In a scheme only a contract lawyer could love, a new program sends itself to all the IM buddies on a victim's computer, posing itself as a game that needs to be installed (and permissions given to do so). Once...
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MSN continued its roll-out of its policy to stop pop-up offerings on its MSN service. Having stopped the continued sale of pop-ups in the U.S. last year, they will now be banned in the U.K. and through much of Northern...
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Dave Morgan, CEO of Tacoda, pointed out that the new trend among consumer sites to collect industry information from readers makes the business-to-consumer sites big competition for the business-to-business crowd. Where previously, B-to-B sites were the only game in town...
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Publicis, the very large, French ad agency holding company announced Q4 financial results that may indicate the ad slump for the big players may be winding down. Organic growth in billings within its network remained positive at a two percent...
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A newly released eMarketer report predicts a slowing in spending on paid search. It would have been hard to top growth rates of last year, especially as the search industry is now so large. It also might be a harbinger...
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During last year's Super Bowl, the Reebok Terry Tate commercial generated 20 million online views of the extended version of the spot and built a database of one million who opted into "Terry's Hit Squad." This year, Reebok did not...
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In what might be the largest Internet company about-face in the industry's short history, Lycos will regear its site to join the faddish and crowded social networking space, shedding its search engine focus. Not content to merely change its focus...
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Ask Wapling of Adland recounts the story of a Swedish ad agency, Cole, Russel & Pryce, which dreamt up the idea to send a real lambs foot to its clients and prospects promoting the agency and its new website. The...
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A non-profit group paid search keyword campaign was pulled down by Google for being critical of another advertiser. The Oceana group, critical of cruise ship companies that typically fail to properly treat sewage before dumping it into the sea, did...
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Beloved uber-geek Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome fame sent an email that says simply: "Three-day open bar in Lake Tahoe. ;) Hope to see you there this year!" The site elaborates: "Pre-register just $99." Hmmm, living in New York and being...
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